On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 16:09 +0100, Reinier Kleipool wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > As we are rewriting the LPIC-2 materials I wonder: "What should LPIC-2 > candidates know about SSH, that LPIC-1 candidates do not?" > So my question: > > What do LPIC-2 candidates need to know about SSH on top of LPIC-1?
Hi Reinier, The main focus of the SSH coverage in LPIC-1 is use of SSH from the client perspective (ssh, tunnelling, personal key management, ...). In LPIC-2, the focus changes to the administrative side of SSH (particularly, the sshd daemon). This parallels a general theme of LPIC-1 vs. LPIC-2 or "know your system" vs. "know your network". > Should this topic not be dropped in favour of more general PKI knowledge: Possibly. Security topics run throughout the 3 levels of the programme. However, they tend to be more application focused than theory/knowledge. There isn't anything "Linux" specific about concepts like some of the ones you mentioned below. It's also why LPI dropped a lot of the hardware related objectives in LPIC-1 (SCSI, ISDN, software modems, ...). Instead, the focus is on the "how to you use that stuff in a Linux environment?" Regards, --matt > * Symmetric keys v.s. Asymmetric keys. > * Certificates. > * Certificate Authorities. > * Trust chains. > * encryption with the Public key. > * Message signing > * openssl > * open CA > * SSL/TLS session opening sequence. > > Kind regards, > Reinier Kleipool > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > lpi-examdev@lpi.org > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
